Hydrogen ion budget of an aggrading forested ecosystem

C. T. Driscoll; G. E. Likens

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v34i3.10812

Hydrogen ion budget of an aggrading forested ecosystem

Tellus

Volume 34 (1982): Issue 3

By: C. T. Driscoll and G. E. Likens

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|Jan 1982

Abstract

A detailed hydrogen ion budget was developed for the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, in W. Thornton, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Hydrogen ion sources (2541 eq H⁺ ha^-1 yr^-1) were found to approximately balance hydrogen ion sinks (2428 eq H+ ha-1 yr-1). Atmospheric hydrogen ion inputs contributed 52% of the total hydrogen ion sources for the ecosystem. Based on this budget, projections of changes in precipitation hydrogen ion loading on water quality were made. Changes in H₂SO₄ precipitation inputs would have more influence on water quality than HNO₃ inputs.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v34i3.10812 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 283 - 292

Submitted on: May 7, 1981

Accepted on: Oct 28, 1981

Published on: Jan 1, 1982

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© 1982 C. T. Driscoll, G. E. Likens, published by Stockholm University Press
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